Local business A&P Air Conditioning (A&P) announced on April 18 that the company’s officers have established a $25,000 endowment in perpetuity for Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Engineering and Computing for first-generation students majoring in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.All scholarships awarded will be matched by the State of Florida’s First-Generation Matching Grant Program.Both A&P’s president,...

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee has scheduled a variety of events for senior residents during May.Senior Western Social - Saturday, May 4, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue. Yee-Haw and be sure to wear your best western wearLunch Bunch and Bingo - Wednesdays, May 8 and 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. Seniors can socialize and make new friends...

All landscape maintenance vendors at Town of Miami Lakes park properties, right of ways, medians, cul de sacs and landscape areas are no longer utilizing products containing glyphosate as of April 1, according to a news release from the town.An initiative proposed by Councilmember Jeffrey Rodriguez to restrict the use of this product due to the evidence about the dangerous exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides was discussed at the December...

In an effort to expand Miami-Dade County’s tree canopy by leveraging local resources, Neat Streets Miami awarded the Town of Miami Lakes a Street Tree Matching Grant in the amount of $37,422.55 for the Miami Lakes West Lake Reforestation Phase 3 Project.In its fourth year, Neat Streets Miami’s street tree program awarded 15 organizations matching grants to advance the Million Trees initiative, a community-wide effort to achieve a 30 percent...

The Coding Doctors Kids Club will host a fundraiser on May 21 at Anthony’s Coal Fried Pizza and Ben and Jerry’s located at the Royal Oaks Plaza. The Club is looking to raise a total of $4,200 in order to purchase a bundle of VEX robots for the club. The fundraising begins at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit www.codingdoctorskidsclub.com. The group is pictured at their recent meeting at the Miami Lakes Library on April 20.